صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Tunisia –The Tunisian General Labor Union accused the Tunisian government of adopting a policy of “obscuration and escaping forward,” after excluding thousands of retirees, widows, and orphans from the increase in minimum wages, considering that the decision exacerbates the conditions of fragile social groups and departs from the principles of the “social state.”
The Union’s Department of Social Protection and the Unorganized Sector announced, in a statement issued on Friday, that the National Social Security Fund, under the direction of the government, refrained from increasing the minimum salaries, which do not exceed 260 dinars per month, without providing any explanations to public opinion regarding the reasons for this measure.
The Union explained that the decision affected thousands of beneficiaries, including retirees, widows, and orphans, noting that some of the minimum wage earners who fall under the National Retirement and Social Security Fund were not also included in the increase, which it described as lacking any legal or logical justification.
The workers’ organization considered that this step contradicts the official discourse about consecrating the social state, stressing that it will lead to deepening the fragility of low-income groups in light of increasing living pressures.
In the same context, the Union criticized the deterioration of public services, the continued rise in prices, and the decline in purchasing power, in addition to the crisis witnessed by the National Health Insurance Fund (Knam), the accompanying shortage of medicines, and the increasing complaints of pharmacists and health service providers.
The Union concluded its statement by denouncing what it described as the government’s unilateral practices outside the framework of social dialogue, calling on its structures and activists to continue defending the social rights and legitimate demands of all affected groups.
Source:“My press”
